WSC Level 2 Diploma in Bricklaying

19/12/2018

Another great piece of brickwork Ryan Gavin!

Keep up the good work! 😀

19/12/2018

Great work Ryan Gavin!
You are learning your skills well😀

07/12/2018

Nice work Joseph!
You are developing your skills well😁

25/06/2018

Accordind to the Sun newspaper the government will splashe £44 billion to build 300,000 new homes a year to help tackle the housing crisis.

'Chancellor Philip Hammond commits to new house building drive which will see hundreds of thousands new homes built until the mid-2020s'

'BRITAIN will train up 15,000 new brickies to front a nationwide ­housing boom.'

'The scheme comes as part of a plan to fast-track the number of new homes built and sold to meet government targets.'

'Thousands of trainee brickies will be part of a five-year “flash” programme with “pure, on- the-job training” provided by the Government and major house builders.'

According to the cancellor 'The UK built 217,000 additional homes this year but the chancellor said that home ownership for those aged between 25 and 34 had dropped from 59 per cent to 38 per cent over the last 15 years.'

We really do need bricklayers ASAP!

08/06/2018

Are you quick enough?

The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) holds annual bricklaying competitions called the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 to find out who is the best bricklayer on earth. With 70,000+ people going to watch the fastest bricklayers in the world fight it out so it's no surprise that the reward for the winner is $100,000 in cash and prizes that include a new FORD F-250 4x4 Super Duty truck!
To top it all the final is held in Las Vegas! Just right for spending your winnings!

08/06/2018

Did you know?

1) Whoopi Goldberg used to be a bricklayer!

2) Arnold Schwarzenegger started a bricklaying business back in the 60s!

3) The Great Wall of China is made of 3,873,000,000 bricks!

4) Brick lane in London In the 15th century, Brick Lane was given it's name because brick manufacturers used to use the local brick earth deposits to make bricks.

5) There are almost 233,000 female bricklayers in the country!

04/06/2018

Check out this film clip if you want to know how to correctly insert cavity trays above the roof line!

This animation has been produced to help clarify the installation process of the stepped cavity tray detail when utilising preformed cavity trays in a tradit...

31/05/2018

Check out this short film clip

There are many careers within the house-building industry, from site managers and architects, to builders and planners; with hundreds of jobs available, ther...

31/05/2018

Did you know.....

The construction industry employs 3,000,000 people –
That's 8% of the working population!

There are to be 232,000 jobs to be created in the next five years (2016 – 2020)

The Iidustry is predominately made up of small companies.

The average 18-21 year olds in construction earn £15,145 – compared with an average of £9,594 in other industries!

30/05/2018

Did you know?

Sir Winston Churchill was a qualified bricklayer!

According to the Express:

'Churchill was a qualified member of the Amalgamated Union of Bricklayers and at Chartwell, his home in Kent, he laid a superb red brick wall around the vegetable garden with a trowel in one hand and a cigar in the other! He also built a swimming pool and a goldfish pond'!

Come and learn how to lay bricks at West Suffolk College! 😁

30/05/2018

A lovely example of cavity walling Jamie!
Considering the bricks you had to use you have made a smashing job.
Well done!

30/05/2018

Well done Jamie!